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MONKEYS, 
furnished some interesting particulars respect- 
ing the habits of these animals, says, that 
though he resided for some years in a district 
where they are so numerous that it takes its 
name from them, he never heard of any per- 
son being attacked by them. A remarkable 
story is indeed told at the Cape of a party of 
these baboons carrying off an infant from the 
vicinity of Wynberg, a village about seven 
miles from Cape Town, and, when an alarm 
was given by the distracted mother, retreating 
with it to the summit of the precipitous moun- 
tains, three thousand feet high, which over- 
hang that pleasant village. The writer just 
mentioned was assured by persons of respect- 
ability that this occurred within their recol- 
lection, and that the child was recovered after 
a long, anxious, and perilous pursuit, without 
having sustained any material injury. He 
conjectures, however, that this singular ab- 
duction may have been prompted by the ma- 
